Levi Achthoven in 'Field of Dreams' by Jem Mitchell for Harper's Bazaar UK November 2022

Levi Achthoven in 'Field of Dreams' by Jem Mitchell for Harper's Bazaar UK November 2022

Rising model Levi Achthoven poses in ‘Field of Dreams’, styled by Miranda Almond in vivid hues of red poppies and other adorments. Photographer Jem Mitchell [IG] captured these gorgeous images of Levi for Harper’s Bazaar UK November women’s artists issue.

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Alisha Boe's Smart Spirit Is Captured by Boo George in Vogue Singapore September

Alisha Boe's Smart Spirit Is Captured by Boo George in Vogue Singapore September

Actor Alisha Boe, star of Netflix’s ‘Do Revenge’, which premiered September 16, 2022 on Netflix’ reflects on her role as Jessica Davis in the smash teenage lives drama ‘13 Reasons Why’.

Photographer Boo George [IG] captures Boe in Vogue Singapore’s September 2022 issue,

A biracial woman — the daughter of an Oslo, Norway mother and Somali father — Boe was precocious at a young age, insisting that her parents act as her audience for 45 minutes at a time. Born in Norway, she moved with her mother to LA at age seven, attending El Camino Real Charter High School in San Fernando Valley.

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Quinn Mora and Waylon Rose Are in Detroit for Holiday Magazine #390

Quinn Mora and Waylon Rose Are in Detroit for Holiday Magazine #390

Holiday Magazine [IG] releases its Fall Winter issue #390 devoted to Detroit. Models Quinn Mora and Waylon Rose are styled by Thistle Brown in ‘Detroit - Meanwhile in Heidelberg’, lensed by Adam Peter Johnson IG]. Franck Durand provides the art direction./ Hair by Matt Benns; makeup by Thierry Do Nascimento

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Modern Quickies: Polaroids in Action by Cameron Postforoosh for Mixte FW 2022

Modern Quickies: Polaroids in Action by Cameron Postforoosh for Mixte FW 2022

Model Amelia Gray joins Mixte Magazine’s [IG] Empowerment Fall-Winter 2022/23 issue, focused on change. The issue is inspired by the growing reality of devastating climate change as measured not by the number of events but ferocity and damage of those weather events AND the loss of abortion rights in America.

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Rianne Van Rompaey's Dreamy Fashion Story by Inez & Vinoodh for ELLE US October 2022

Rianne Van Rompaey's Dreamy Fashion Story by Inez & Vinoodh for ELLE US October 2022

Top model Rianne Van Rompaey is styled by Alex White in ‘The Dreamiest Fashion’ clothes from Fendi, Free People, Gucci [green digital cover gown], Lanvin and more.

Photographer friends Inez & Vinoodh are behind the lens for ELLE US October 2022./ Hair by Didier Malige; makeup from Fulvia Farolfi

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Michaela Coel Covers Vogue US November 2022, Lensed in Accra by Malick Bodian

Michaela Coel Covers Vogue US November 2022, Lensed in Accra by Malick Bodian

In November, Michaela Coel will appear as Dora Milaje warrior Aneka in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, the second in Marvel’s blockbuster Afrofuturist series. Vogue editor Chioma Nnadi interviews the screenwriter and actor in the exciting Vogue US November 2022 cover story Michaela Coel on Creativity, Romance, and the Path to ‘Wakanda Forever’.

The star wears a Gucci Made To Measure Dress by Alessandro Michele on the cover, with Gucci jewelry, styled by Ib Kamara [IG] and lensed by Senegalese-Italian model/photographer Malick Bodian [IG].

Coel Addresses Gay Hate in Africa | AOC Blames the US Evangelical MAGA Crowd for Years

AOC looks beyond Vogue to confirm that it’s US right-wing MAGA evangelicals who are stirring up anti-LGBTQ-hatred in Ghana, as they have done for well over a decade in Uganda. Open Democracy estimates that more than 20 US Christian groups known for fighting against LGBT rights and access to safe abortion, contraceptives and comprehensive sexuality education have spent at least $54m in Africa since 2007.

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Cate Blanchett Joins Artist Es Devlin in the Natural World for Harper's Bazaar UK

Cate Blanchett Joins Artist Es Devlin in the Natural World for Harper's Bazaar UK

To celebrate the 10th edition of Harper’s Bazaar’s UK’s November women in the artworld issue, artist Es Devlin and actor Cate Blanchett came together in creative unity. The result of their unique collaboration is a phantasmagoric fashion story ‘Flights of Fancy: Cate Blanchett Celebrates Our Natural World’.

Es Devlin at Tate Modern October 2022

In October Cartier commissioned ‘Come Home Again’, for the Tate Modern. The “choral sculpture” consisted of hundreds of creatures, each hand-drawn by Devlin. “I was working with the London Wildlife Trust and identified 243 species, which are most at-risk in London,” she explained. “And I decided I would try and draw all 243 of them, which sometimes came to 18 hours of drawing a day.” This painstaking process has culminated into a beautiful supersize structure fashioned in the shape of St Paul’s Cathedral. In the month of September at sunset each night, three choirs performed evensong within the artwork, inviting us to stop and pay attention to the nature – what Devlin calls the “non-human Londoners” – around us.

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Nadine Ijewere Flashes 'Nowstalgia' with Sora and Imaan for Vogue UK October 2022

Nadine Ijewere Flashes 'Nowstalgia' with Sora and Imaan for Vogue UK October 2022

British Vogue’s October 2022 issue features models Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, Imaan Hammam, Lucia De La Garza, Mila De La Garza and Sora Choi in ‘Nowstalgia’. Photographer Nadine Ijewere [IG] captures the sextet styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.

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Kezako Paris Rolls Out Real-Deal VS Angels in More or Less Magazine by Oliver Hadlee Pearch

Kezako Paris Rolls Out Real-Deal VS Angels in More or Less Magazine by Oliver Hadlee Pearch

This fashion story ‘Earth Angels’ from More or Less Magazine [IG] adds a fabulous new twist to the VS Angels saga. If you don’t know, the magazine is devoted to sustainability and our living with less. More or Less wrote:

Hallelujah! For our final cover, we assembled an all-star cast of Earth Angels, styling nine ex-Victoria's Secret models in faux-fashion label Kezako’s upcycled underwear made from aluminium wrap, dried-out loaves of bread, old newspapers, cuddly toys and then some.

We are looking at creativity on steroids here and a brilliant way to call attention to sustainability.

Models include Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Lais Ribeiro, Leomie Anderson, Lily Aldridge, Martha Hunt, Sara Sampaio and Stella Maxwell.

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Mariacarla Boscono Covers Vogue Italia October, by Tanya and Zhenya Posternak

Mariacarla Boscono Covers Vogue Italia October, by Tanya and Zhenya Posternak

Top model Mariacarla Boscono is styled by Ally Macrae in ‘Semplicemente Mariacarla’, striking movement poses that hint to her inner warrior woman. Photographers Tanya and Zhenya Posternak [IG] captures Mariacarla for Vogue Italia October 2022./ Hair by Olivier Schawalder; makeup by Celine Martin

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Joan Smalls Takes Cartier To the Streets in Sorbet #37 Rebel Issue by Greg Swales

Joan Smalls Takes Cartier To the Streets in Sorbet #37 Rebel Issue by Greg Swales

Supermodel Joan Smalls covers Sorbet Magazine #37 ‘The Rebel Issue’ [IG], lensed in lower Manhattan by Greg Swales [IG]. William Buckley styles Smalls rocking Cartier jewelry throughout the vibrant and edgy fashion story. Smalls has a strong rebel streak all her own — the first [and present] Latina face of Estée Lauder cosmetics in 2011; the first person of Puerto Rican descent to front fashion campaigns for Chanel, Balmain, Bottega Veneta and so many more top luxury brands.

Joan Smalls was one of fashion’s most articulate voices in the aftermath of the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Her personal reflections on her own experiences and essays she has written about racism in the fashion industry are cited below.

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Kukua Williams in Knockout Graphic Knits for Porter Magazine by Sam Wilson

Kukua Williams in Knockout Graphic Knits for Porter Magazine by Sam Wilson

Kukua Williams poses in 'The Fashion Forecast'' for Porter Magazine October 3 issue. Wearing an autumn colors, artisan sweater from Alexander McQueen on the cover, Williams is styled by Julia Bernard in more luxe looks from Alaïa, Bottega Veneta, Joseph, JW Anderson, Khaite, Le 17 Septembre, Loewe, Stella McCartney, Petar Petrov, Proenza Schouler, Tibi.

Photographer Sam Wilson captures Williams in more graphic neutrals for a style walk in the country with art direction by Michael Kelly.

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Paolo Roversi Captures Fall Couture Styled by Jacob K for d Magazine Oct. 1, 2022

Paolo Roversi Captures Fall Couture Styled by Jacob K for d Magazine Oct. 1, 2022

Models Alaato Jazyper, Anyiang Yak, Mila Van Eeten and Saskia de Brauw wear fall couture, styled by Jacob K. Paolo Roversi [IG] is in the studio, shooting Balenciaga, Dior, Maison Valentino, Victor & Rolf for de la Repubblica [IG] October 1, 2022./ Hair by Eugene Souleiman; makeup by Lucy Bridge

Related: Paolo Roversi Portraits are on display at the Galerie Camera Obscura in Paris until Octobert 29, 2002.

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Maggie Q At Home in LA by David Urbanke for L'Officiel Italia Fall 2022

Maggie Q At Home in LA by David Urbanke for L'Officiel Italia Fall 2022

NYC and LA-based photographer David Urbanke [IG] photographed actor MaggieQ at her home in Los Angeles for L’Officiel Italia’s Fall 2022 cover.

The actor wears Italian label Loro Piana’s knit top and skirt on the cover, styled by Gaultier Desandre Navarre with fashion direction by Giulio Martinelli. The fashion brands are about 50/50 sustainable and ethical v those with few credentials.

One of MaggieQ’s favorite business projects is Qeep Up, her collection of sustainable and recycled activewear and swimwear. In her own words on the Qeep Up Nation website: “QEEP UP™ is the premier activewear line for the eco-warrior woman. Made entirely of recycled fibers, QEEP UP™ takes a stand for the planet without sacrificing style or performance.”

We aren’t yet qualified with sufficient knowledge to test the promises of brands claiming to be fully-sustainable. Workout clothes made of recycled plastics do still release microplastics, for example.

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Karmen Pedaru at BLESS Hotel Madrid by Vladimir Martí for Harper's Bazaar Spain September

Karmen Pedaru at BLESS Hotel Madrid by Vladimir Martí for Harper's Bazaar Spain September

Top model Karmen Pedaru takes us to the BLESS Hotel Madrid [IG], styled by Beatriz Moreno de la Cova in a late summer fashion story heavy on glamour. Photographer Vladimir Martí [IG] is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar Spain’s September 2022 issue

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Dazed Magazine's Reflection on Race, Identity and Culture 'In the Minds Eye' Autumn 2022

Dazed Magazine's Reflection on Race, Identity and Culture 'In the Minds Eye'  Autumn 2022

Models Asha Yusuf, Chi Linh Pham, David Ikuepamitan, Emmanuel Adjaye, Gai, Khadim Thiam, Jacob Adolpho, Talib are styled by Ibrahim Kamara for ‘In the Mind’s Eye’. Jack Davison [IG] is behind the lens for Dazed Magazine’s Autumn 2022 issue./ Hair by Mari Ohashi; makeup by Hiromi Ueda

Based on a comment on his IG, this is the first time that Davison and Kamara collaborated together.

The VERY conceptual story deals with race, culture, identity and the people in our orbit. Study the images carefully to understand the true meaning of this 5-star visualization of a modern age in which we also can change evolve our understandings of race, status and human interaction through technology.

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Hakima Athuai Covers Mixte September 2022 Lensed by Petros in 'Garden of Eden'

Hakima Athuai Covers Mixte September 2022 Lensed by Petros in 'Garden of Eden'

Rising South Sudan model Hakima Athuai is styled by Brian Conway in ‘Garden of Eden’, lensed by Petros [IG] for Mixte Magazine September 2022./ Hair by Anna Cofone; makeup by Sandra Cooke

Mixte shares this image about the issue: “Between the revocation of the right to abortion in the United States and the acceleration of climate change, 2022 could seriously discourage us and amplify our feeling of powerlessness. However, true to its predictive abilities, fashion has been driving and motivating us since the year began to remind us of our ability to change things. It is the concept of empowerment that we have chosen to address and develop as a theme throughout this new fall-winter 2022/23 issue. In another way, this theme allows us to deal with self-assertion, independence, accomplishment, free will and creativity; and reminds us, as Montaigne said, that "true freedom is to have power over oneself for everything". ⁠

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